diff --git a/fribidi-restore-deprecated-api.patch b/fribidi-restore-deprecated-api.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..092ed45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fribidi-restore-deprecated-api.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+From c4d0f2f85b9023b386011b4ca978cf908d8e9a96 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Dov Grobgeld <dov.grobgeld@gmail.com>
+Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2019 22:01:43 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH 1/4] Restored mistakenly removed deprecated function
+ fribidi_log2vis_get_embedding_levels()
+
+- Issue #134
+---
+ lib/fribidi-deprecated.c | 13 +++++++++++++
+ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)
+
+diff --git a/lib/fribidi-deprecated.c b/lib/fribidi-deprecated.c
+index 7a97292..bc0b8e2 100644
+--- a/lib/fribidi-deprecated.c
++++ b/lib/fribidi-deprecated.c
+@@ -76,6 +76,19 @@ fribidi_reorder_nsm_status (
+ 
+ 
+ 
++FRIBIDI_ENTRY FriBidiLevel
++fribidi_log2vis_get_embedding_levels (
++  const FriBidiCharType *bidi_types,	/* input list of bidi types as returned by
++					   fribidi_get_bidi_types() */
++  const FriBidiStrIndex len,	/* input string length of the paragraph */
++  FriBidiParType *pbase_dir,	/* requested and resolved paragraph
++				 * base direction */
++  FriBidiLevel *embedding_levels	/* output list of embedding levels */
++)
++{
++  return fribidi_get_par_embedding_levels_ex (bidi_types, NULL, len, pbase_dir, embedding_levels);
++}
++
+ FRIBIDI_ENTRY FriBidiCharType
+ fribidi_get_type (
+   FriBidiChar ch		/* input character */
+-- 
+2.24.1
+